Modeling Chocolate Magic

Where fondant fails, modeling chocolate is magic! Use modeling chocolate to create three of Lauren's imaginative cakes and bring your decorating dreams to life.

Join award-winning cake decorator Lauren Kitchens, and use modeling chocolate to easily create elaborate designs that would be unmanageable or even impossible to make from fondant. As Lauren guides you through the two-tiered Sea Creature cake, you'll quickly sculpt amazing modeling chocolate embellishments, such as octopus tentacles, that would be a fondant nightmare! See how modeling chocolate makes it simple to extend your designs in gravity-defying ways while you create the enchanting Wizard's Hat cake. Plus, use modeling chocolate to produce the illusion of depth as you make the lifelike Vintage Luggage cake with an enclosure filled with colorful modeling chocolate clothing. Turn your inspiration into marvelous cake creations with modeling chocolate!

Lesson plan

Lesson 1. The Physics of Modeling Chocolate

Meet your instructor, Lauren Kitchens, as she leads an in-depth discussion on how modeling chocolate works and its advantages over other sugar mediums such as fondant.

24:32

Lesson 2. Sea Creature Cake, Part 1

Make Laurenís adorable Sea Creature cake as you learn to cut and ruffle modeling chocolate, attach borders to a cake and punch out and attach delightful bubbles.

25:36

Lesson 3. Sea Creature Cake, Part 2

Turn your attention to sculpting modeling chocolate as you make your sea creatureís tentacles, add suckers and attach them to the cake. Youíll even learn how to add support inside your sculpted pieces.

42:07

Lesson 4. Wizard's Hat Cake

This project has it all! Carve a cake, add realistic texture and learn how using a modeling chocolate top can create movement unattainable with cake alone! Cover it all in fondant, create a ruffled brim and add airbrushed color.

37:39

Lesson 5. Vintage Luggage Cake, Part 1

Discover modeling chocolateís ability to create cakes that have "containment" as you make a vintage suitcase, complete with leather trim and brass locks.

31:59

Lesson 6. Vintage Luggage Cake, Part 2

Pack your vintage suitcase full of fun, personalized details: a collared shirt, bow tie, socks and more! Learn Laurenís striping technique to make a multicolored scarf and how to create polka dot suspenders.

6:30

Lesson 7. Pricing Your Work

Lauren opens a dialogue on how to make sure youíre fairly compensated for your work and shares her formula for determining prices.

18:09

Lesson 8. Bonus: Modeling Chocolate Basics

New to modeling chocolate? Make sure you check out Laurenís technique for making and coloring modeling chocolate and learn how to proceed when something goes wrong.

Can it get any better then this? So many new things I have learned to do with modeling chocolate! Lauren Kitchens explains things so simply and has the best personality! Love this class! I only wish I could give it 10 stars!
- CDodd12Indiana

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Lesson 1. The Physics of Modeling Chocolate

Meet your instructor, Lauren Kitchens, as she leads an in-depth discussion on how modeling chocolate works and its advantages over other sugar mediums such as fondant.

24:32

Lesson 2. Sea Creature Cake, Part 1

Make Laurenís adorable Sea Creature cake as you learn to cut and ruffle modeling chocolate, attach borders to a cake and punch out and attach delightful bubbles.

25:36

Lesson 3. Sea Creature Cake, Part 2

Turn your attention to sculpting modeling chocolate as you make your sea creatureís tentacles, add suckers and attach them to the cake. Youíll even learn how to add support inside your sculpted pieces.

42:07

Lesson 4. Wizard's Hat Cake

This project has it all! Carve a cake, add realistic texture and learn how using a modeling chocolate top can create movement unattainable with cake alone! Cover it all in fondant, create a ruffled brim and add airbrushed color.

37:39

Lesson 5. Vintage Luggage Cake, Part 1

Discover modeling chocolateís ability to create cakes that have "containment" as you make a vintage suitcase, complete with leather trim and brass locks.

31:59

Lesson 6. Vintage Luggage Cake, Part 2

Pack your vintage suitcase full of fun, personalized details: a collared shirt, bow tie, socks and more! Learn Laurenís striping technique to make a multicolored scarf and how to create polka dot suspenders.

6:30

Lesson 7. Pricing Your Work

Lauren opens a dialogue on how to make sure youíre fairly compensated for your work and shares her formula for determining prices.

18:09

Lesson 8. Bonus: Modeling Chocolate Basics

New to modeling chocolate? Make sure you check out Laurenís technique for making and coloring modeling chocolate and learn how to proceed when something goes wrong.

The instructor

Lauren Kitchens, Instructor of Modeling Chocolate Magic

Lauren's career in cake began in her parents' home, where she started Fancy Cakes by Lauren. By 2002, demand for Lauren's cakes had risen steadily, and she opened her commercial kitchen and showroom. Since then, she's won two gold medals on Food Network Challenge, where one of her cakes was described by the judges as "the best cake ever made on Food Network." Lauren has taught cake decorating across the globe: the passion and talent she has for sharing her techniques shine through in her inviting teaching style and in-depth classes.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(56 reviews)

Excellent Class

by errullan on March 14, 2015

Love the way Lauren explains everything. Bring more classes on modeling chocolate with Lauren!

Love the way Lauren explains everything. Bring more classes on modeling chocolate with Lauren!

Modeling Choc. Yesss!!!

by ClarasHeartSweetDelights on February 26, 2015

Very good class. Lauren is thorough and I appreciate that when learning.

Very good class. Lauren is thorough and I appreciate that when learning.

Fun Project!

by Katperz on January 30, 2015

She is a great teacher and her projects are always fun to try and she makes it easy! I like to order her classes.

She is a great teacher and her projects are always fun to try and she makes it easy! I like to order her classes.

Modeling Chocolat

by Lisou on January 27, 2015

Very interesting class

Very interesting class

Love Modelling Chocolate!

by Cathy.mac5456878 on January 18, 2015

Very excited about this class...am self taught but want to perfect and/or validate what I have learned so this is a great class for me.

Very excited about this class...am self taught but want to perfect and/or validate what I have learned so this is a great class for me.

Absolutely! This class is perfect for students familiar with cake basics such as leveling, filling and stacking cakes and working with fondant. Lauren's projects grow in complexity as you learn new ways to use modeling chocolate. And she shows you how easy it is to make it from scratch.